Kate Simpson Kate Simpson i(14351657 works by)
Gender: Female
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'Kate Simpson is a picture book author, podcast host and incurable bookworm. She loves books about girls who march to the beat of their own drum and about women who change the world. She is the great-granddaughter of Alice Ross-King.' (Allen & Unwin website)
 

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18269547 2020 single work biography picture book children's

'It was 1914 when Sister Alice Ross-King left Australia for the war. Nursing was her passion—all she had ever wanted to do. But Alice couldn't have imagined what she would see. She served four long years and was brave, humble and endlessly compassionate.

'Using extracts from Alice's actual diaries kept in the Australian War Memorial, this story captures the danger, the heartache and the history of the young nurse who would one day become the most decorated woman in Australia.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 longlisted Book Links Award for Historical Fiction
y separately published work icon Dear Grandpa Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 16562256 2019 single work picture book children's

'A picture book about the special relationship between a boy and his grandfather, who stay close even when they are separated by distance.

Grandpa, did you know that if you rub a needle with a magnet, one end will point to the north and the other end to the south? In the south there's an apartment building 160 metres tall. From the balcony, you can see the entire city. There are cinemas and ice cream shops ... and me! 

As Henry measures the distance between his new apartment and Grandpa's wooden house under the mango tree, Grandpa works out how close they really are. A moving story that celebrates the bond between a boy and his grandfather.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Book
y separately published work icon Finding Granny Wollombi : EK Books , 2018 14351679 2018 single work picture book children's

'Every two seconds, someone in the world suffers a stroke. In Finding Granny, that someone is Edie’s beloved grandmother. When Edie comes to the hospital, she is confronted by the physical changes in her grandmother: muddled words, a crooked face, a woman confined to bed. This isn’t the ‘playtime, bedtime, story-time pantomime Granny’ that Edie knows. But when her mother takes Edie to watch one of Granny’s art therapy sessions, Edie starts to understand that the Granny she loves is still there.  Finding Granny is a heart-warming story of changing relationships and the bond between children and grandparents. It’s also a sensitive exploration of coping with illness and disability that will offer children much-needed comfort.'

Source: Author's blurb.

2019 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Five to 8 Years
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